Re: USB Key light on/off state depending on mount

[Xavier Bestel]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:26:09 +0200 (CEST), Guennadi Liakhovetski
<g.liakhovetski@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Josh Boyer wrote:
> 
>> On 8/24/07, Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Most USB keys nowadays have a small LED somewhere inside of them that
>> > lights up when they are plugged in. On a windows box, the key is lit
> up
>> > whenever it is mounted, and as soon as it is unmounted it turns off,
>> > giving a handy physical indicator that the key is safe to remove. On
>> > linux, the light is simply on whenever the key is plugged in.

Windows powers off the USB device on unmount, whereas linus does not.
I think the problem may lie in HAL.

        Xav


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